No differences in plasma sCD18 levels were observed when comparing the SpA subtypes (ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, enteropathic arthritis, reactive arthritis, and undifferentiated SpA), when comparing patients fulfilling or not fulfilling the modified New York criteria for ankylosing spondylitis, or when comparing patients treated or not treated with a TNFα inhibitor. This evidence concerns the gene TNF and reactive arthritis.